Speaker: Tim O'Brien, Research Fellow at the Center for International Development at Harvard University About the Talk: In 2009, Sri Lanka emerged from a nearly 30-year conflict and entered a short period of accelerated economic growth. In January 2015, in a surprise result, the Sri Lankan people voted out of office an increasingly autocratic President […]

Speaker: Yolanda Kakabadse, Minister of the Environment, Ecuador (1998-2000), President, WWF (2010-2017) and President, International Union for the Conservation of Nature (1996-2004) Moderator: Rand Wentworth, Louis Bacon Senior Fellow in Environmental Leadership, Center for Public Leadership About the session: Please join us for a discussion with Ecuadorian conservationist and former President of WWF, Yolanda Kakabadse. […]

Speaker: Felipe Kast, Senator of Chile for the period 2018-2026. Former Minister of Social Development and 2017 Presidential Candidate. About the Talk: One of the puzzles of modern democracy is populism. Why, despite its multiple failures, again and again populism reincarnates, with huge costs for citizenship. Today Venezuela suffers from populism in its worst expression, but […]

Speaker: Susi Pudjiastuti, Indonesia Minister of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries. About the talk: Indonesia Club at Harvard is proud to facilitate a public lecture and Q&A session with multiple award-winning Minister of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries of Indonesia, Susi Pudjiastuti. In this event, she will share about the state of fisheries in Indoenesia and beyond, […]

Speaker: Salimah Samji, Director, Building State Capability Program - Harvard University. About the talk: Salimah will share the learnings from teaching the PDIA (Problem-Driven Iterative Adaptation) Methodology to hundreds of practitioners worldwide through the Program's online course. She will describe the "real world" challenges of applying this methodology and share success stories of practitioners worldwide. […]

About the Conference: Our world is rapidly changing. The rise of populism, the migration crisis and the threat of climate change are driving development initiatives to evolve and adapt to these new dynamics. The 24th student organized edition of the annual Global Development Conference will debate the future, and envision a future shaped through shared […]

Speakers: Martha Chen - International Coordinator, WIEGO 1997-2017 Isabel Guerrero Pulgar - Regional Vice-President, World Bank; Co-Founder, IMAGO Jacqueline Bhabha - Professor of the Practice of Health and Human Rights, Harvard University Salimah Samji - Director, CID Building State Capability Program Join the Women in Power Professional Interest Council and the International Development Professional Interest Council for a […]

Speakers: Daniel Mejia, Secretary of Security of Bogota & Chris Blattman, Professor of Global Conflict Studies, Harris School of Public Policy Moderator: Thomas Abt, Senior Research Fellow, Center for International Development at Harvard University About the talk: To better understand which security policies are most effective, the Mayor’s office of Bogota is testing and evaluating several […]

Speaker: H.E. Dr. Abdirahman D. Beileh, Minister of Finance, The Federal Republic of Somalia About the Talk: While Somalia has achieved socio-economic progress in the past years, there are many remaining challenges to overcome. The overriding argument is that Somalia is truly unique in both the challenges it poses to the world and the opportunities it provides for national […]